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... the skiing was amazing !!! When we stopped for lunch (lasagna) I left Donna in charge of my skis to find a seat when I turned around I saw one of my skis whizzing down the piste followed by the other one. It came to rest next to a mountain hut and it took me 10 minutes floundering in waist deep snow digging it out !! All the while Donna just laughing her head off ...

Why is it that when you need to get up to go somewhere and you set the alarm you always wake up just before the alarm goes off I had set the following for 4am - mobile phone alarm - television alarm - wake up call !! At 3:43 I woke up so just as I got into the shower world war three broke out and every alarm known to man went off - good morning Donna !!! Lol !! 1/2 hour later and we were at ...

... buildings are all Victorian but still different. So cool. I browsed around and ended up buying a ring for myself, a little something to always remind me of this trip. I kept seeing this crazy amazing cathedral in the background, or so I thought it was. I followed the streets until I came upon York Minster. Literally one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, no lie. It is HUGE. Overwhelmingly so. You can't look at it and not feel in awe. It's just that cool. To get ...

... the original Roman town is still there. We walked part of it. Construction of the present wall began in 1240's . The Minster, constructed from 1220 is a massive Cathedral- with a stained glass window the size of a tennis court! We walked The Shambles which is a narrow shop lined street. It looks quaint now but in Roman times it was an unsanitised area where sewerage flowed down the street while trade continued. It reminds me ...

... service picks us up on time and he is quirky African man who talked the entire journey, mainly about who owns the airport and his African heritage. Who was killing who, how they didn't learn from the British and European those many years ago....are we there yet. We finally make it to the Budget office, out we get. See ya. In our Astra, just able to squeeze our luggage in and we head off on the M1 towards York. ...